Revision as of 15:54, 8 November 2022

netdata is a metrics tool, which comes with a lot of sane preconfiguration. It contains of various plugins, which need to be enabled sometimes with additional effort.

Adding node

Install the netdata package and enable the service.
When adding new node in the web interface you get a token, write that token to /var/lib/netdata/cloud.d/token
As root run nix-shell -p netdata --run "netdata-claim.sh"

Python Plugins

nvidia-smi

To enable the nvidia-smi plugin you have to make sure nvidia-smi can be called by netdata.

systemd.services.enable = true;
systemd.services.netdata.path = [pkgs.linuxPackages.nvidia_x11];
services.netdata.configDir."python.d.conf" = pkgs.writeText "python.d.conf" ''
  nvidia_smi: yes
'';

samba

To enable samba plugin additional permissions and configurations will need to be set.

services.netdata.configDir."python.d.conf" = pkgs.writeText "python.d.conf" ''
  samba: yes
'';

# add samba and sudo to path of python plugin
systemd.services.netdata.path = [  pkgs.samba "/run/wrappers" ];

# permit to run sudo smbstatus -P
security.sudo.extraConfig = ''
  netdata ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: ${pkgs.samba}/bin/smbstatus
'';

# as documented here : https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/system/netdata.service.in
# review capabilityset above if other plugins are non functional
systemd.services.netdata.serviceConfig.CapabilityBoundingSet = ["CAP_SETGID"];

enable profiling

services.samba.extraConfig = smbd profiling level = on ;

@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 == samba ==
-To enable <code>samba</code> plugin a lot of things need to be done.
+To enable <code>samba</code> plugin additional permissions and configurations will need to be set.
-<blockquote>Still I could not make samba to work, because systemd services seem to be forbidden to run sudo. Please update if you are able to make it work.
+<pre>
-</blockquote>
-<pre>systemd.services.enable = true;
 services.netdata.configDir.&quot;python.d.conf&quot; = pkgs.writeText &quot;python.d.conf&quot; ''
    samba: yes
@@ Line 34: / Line 32: @@
 # add samba and sudo to path of python plugin
-systemd.services.netdata.path = [ pkgs.sudo pkgs.samba ];
+systemd.services.netdata.path = [  pkgs.samba &quot;/run/wrappers&quot; ];
 # permit to run sudo smbstatus -P
@@ Line 40: / Line 38: @@
    netdata ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: ${pkgs.samba}/bin/smbstatus
 '';
-# as documented here : https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/collectors/python.d.plugin/samba
-# but seem not to work
+# as documented here : https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/system/netdata.service.in
-systemd.services.netdata.serviceConfig.CapabilityBoundingSet = [&quot;~&quot;];</pre>
+# review capabilityset above if other plugins are non functional
+systemd.services.netdata.serviceConfig.CapabilityBoundingSet = [&quot;CAP_SETGID&quot;];</pre>
+# enable profiling
+services.samba.extraConfig = ''
+smbd profiling level = on
+'';